Introduction The purpose of this course is to acquaint the counselor with the tools used in pre-marital counseling. This course is intended to be used as a stepping stone to knowledge, not an all-inclusive/comprehensive reference. In counseling couples before marriage, the counselor should be prayed up and willing to listen to both the couple and…
The Goal: Your goal is to solve problems, eliminate circumstances which may lead to problems, and to avoid future problems where you can. Follow the process the way it is intended. Do not jump to a step further along without finishing the current step. If you change the process it may not work for you,…
Before we were saved, my wife and I lived in a marriage full of troubles. Besides having no healthy rules for our marriage, we also had not healthy guidance for our home. Since our salvation, she and I have come to understand that a home without boundaries is a home that will produce confusion. Most…
I say YES! My wife and I married shortly after we met. We didn’t know what we were doing. We just knew we wanted to get married, so we did. Our first six years were miserable. We were separated the seventh year and going through a divorce. It was only by God’s mercy that our…
I grew up angry. I will probably be an angry man the rest of my life, but I will not allow anger to control me. To accomplish this, I developed personal rules which I follow in my daily life. 1. I am responsible for myself, my actions, and my choices. 2. I will not blame…
When you allow change to take its course in your life, you will eventually come to accomplish that which you have always wanted, or at least be heading in the right direction. Those who do not take advantage of change will probably find a strange sort of comfort and security in the changelessness, but will…
I have been a Christian for about 33 years, and I have had the question asked of me many times. What is the proof that God exists? I have heard many variations of the same question as well. All the variations have the same idea in mind, when asked by certain questioners. The argument is…
What You Practice Becomes Part Of Your Character, And Your Character Proves Who You Really Are. Customs and Traditions: • People of different nations, cultures, races, and so forth, have differing customs and traditions that they follow. • These became customs and traditions because they were continually repeated by those peoples, week after week, month after month,…
Proverbs 5:23 “He will die for lack of instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.” Proverbs 10:21 “The lips of the righteous feed many, But fools die for lack of understanding.” Isaiah 5:13 “Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge…” Isaiah 34:16 “Seek from the book…
As a Christian I can only speak about us, and even then I can only speak of those who believe as I do. I started off my Christian walk with lots of questions. Who and what is God? What is this thing called sin? Why are there so many groups and denominations within Christianity? What…
There is a movement today seeking for the manifestations of God. Speaking in tongues, being “slain in the Spirit,” prophecy (foretelling), “name it and claim it,” and other popular and similar things, draw in large crowds of people to popular churches. Why is this happening? Because people want to experience a “move of God,” His…